Hart district recognizes teachers of the year

The 2019-20 Teachers of the Year stand with their recognitions during the Wednesday night board meeting. Caleb Lunetta/The Signal.

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The William S. Hart Union High School District honored a total of 17 teachers as Teacher of the Year for their respective school sites, as well as the districtwide choice, during Wednesday night’s governing board meeting.

For the 2019-20 school, the district also named Laurel Priesz, an English teacher at Canyon High School, as the Hart District Teacher of the year.

“It’s very exciting,” Priesz said Wednesday night. “I think it’s an awesome recognition but it’s humbling because there are so many great teachers in our district.”

Priesz, who has been a teacher in the district for 13 years, said that she teaches three classes of English a day, and also serves as Canyon’s instructional coach providing professional development and encouragement to her peers on campus.

Friends and family of the 2019-20 Teachers of the Year were invited to attend the board meeting to celebrate those who were being recognized. Caleb Lunetta/The Signal.

A part of my job as the instructional coach is to I think recognize the good teachers are doing in their classroom because as you’re doing so you’re uplifting the morale of the school,” said Priesz. “I think oftentimes teachers don’t get recognition, we sit in our classrooms and not a lot of people see what you do.”

“(The Teacher of the Year recognition makes) you feel recognized and able to go forward and try new things you weren’t able to do before,” she added.

During the event, teachers heard their names called out and were asked to come to the front of the room and shake the hands of board members and receive a certificate acknowledging their recognition. Friends and family were invited to take pictures of them during and afterwards.